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Thursday 18 May 2023

Linguistic Archaeology: Those first Demons

 Words in almost every language

1. Demon
2. demoon
3. demoni
4. ganēni
5. shaytan
6. Satana
7. *SS (assamese)
8. Supaya
9. Şeytan
10. Sitanɛ
11. Deabru
12. Deman
13. Rākṣasa
14. *S (bhojpuri)
15. Dimoni
16. Demonyo
17. Chiwanda
18. Èmó
19. Demone
20. Démon
21. Dæmon
22. shaithaanaa
23. Demono (esperanto)
24. GBCGBCV (ewe)
25. Démone
26. Demo
27. Dämon
28. Daímonas
29. Aña
30. Aljani
31. daimonio
32. *D (hebrew)
33. Dab
34. Púki
35. Mmụọ ọjọọ
36. Demonio
37. Deamhain
38. Akuma
39. Jın
40. besach
41. Umudayimoni
42. agma
43. Dɛbul
44. Xerfît (kurmanji kurdish)
45. N*CR*S (sorani kurdish)
46. phi pisad
47. daemonium (latin)
48. Dēmons
49. Zabolo
50. Demonas
51. Omuzimu
52. DEMONIA
53. syaitan
54. bhootham
55. Dimostrazzjoni
56. Rewera
57. Ramhuai
58. Chötgör
59. naatsoe
60. Hafuura hamaa
61. *EIAN (pashto)
62. DY* (persian)
63. Demônio
64. Bhūta
65. Supay
66. Temoni
67. Letimone
68. Modemona
69. Dhimoni
70. *YIAN (sindhi)
71. yakṣayā
72. Jinni
73. sétan
74. Pepo
75. Pēy
76. ONEN (tatar)
77. Rākṣasuḍu
78. A* (tigrinya)
79. Mademoni
80. İblis
81. Jyn
82. Honhommcne
83. EAL*AQTI (uyghur)
84. quỷ
85. Cythraul
86. Idemon
87. shed
88. Ànjọ̀nú


Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
48 55%    40 45%   32 36%  38 43%      15 17%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
9  10%     7   8%      35 40%    2    2%       4    4%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
15 17%    7   8%      5    5%     7    8%       39 44%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
49 56%    6   6%      2    2%      11 12%     24 27%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
17 19%    1   1%      2     2%     1    1%       14 16%

Z      %
3    3%



Popularity of use
56% N:
55% A, N: A* (tigrinya), Aña,
45% E, A, N:
44% M, E, A, N:
43% O, M, E, A, N: ONEN (tatar), Èmó,
40% D, O, M, E, A, N: Modemona, Demone, Démon, Dæmon, Demono (esperanto), Démone, Demo, Dämon, Demon, demoon, Deman, *D (hebrew),
36% I, D, O, M, E, A, N: DEMONIA, *EIAN (pashto), Demônio, Mademoni, Idemon, daimonio, Demonio, demoni, Dimoni,
27% S, I, D, O, M, E, A, N: Dēmons, Demonas, *S (bhojpuri), Daímonas, *SS (assamese),
19% T, S, I, D, O, M, E, A, N: Temoni, sétan, naatsoe, Satana, Sitanɛ,
17% H, U, T, S, I, D, O, M, E, A, N: Dhimoni, shed, daemonium (latin), shaithaanaa, Deamhain,
16% Y, H, U, T, S, I, D, O, M, E, A, N: *YIAN (sindhi), yakṣayā, DY* (persian), Umudayimoni, syaitan, Şeytan, Demonyo, shaytan,
12% R, Y, H, U, T, S, I, D, O, M, E, A, N: Ramhuai,
10% B, R, Y, H, U, T, S, I, D, O, M, E, A, N: bhootham, Bhūta, Deabru, Dab,
8% L, J, C, B, R, Y, H, U, T, S, I, D, O, M, E, A, N: İblis, Jyn, Honhommcne, Cythraul, Ànjọ̀nú, Letimone, Jinni, Dɛbul, N*CR*S (sorani kurdish), Jın, besach, Mmụọ ọjọọ, Aljani,
6% P, L, J, C, B, R, Y, H, U, T, S, I, D, O, M, E, A, N: Supay, Pepo, Pēy, phi pisad, Supaya,
5% K, P, L, J, C, B, R, Y, H, U, T, S, I, D, O, M, E, A, N: Rākṣasuḍu, Púki, Akuma, Rākṣasa,
4% G, K, P, L, J, C, B, R, Y, H, U, T, S, I, D, O, M, E, A, N: agma, Chötgör, ganēni,
3% Z, G, K, P, L, J, C, B, R, Y, H, U, T, S, I, D, O, M, E, A, N: Omuzimu, Dimostrazzjoni, Zabolo,
2% W, Q, F, Z, G, K, P, L, J, C, B, R, Y, H, U, T, S, I, D, O, M, E, A, N: EAL*AQTI (uyghur), quỷ, Rewera, Hafuura hamaa, Chiwanda,
1% V, X, W, Q, F, Z, G, K, P, L, J, C, B, R, Y, H, U, T, S, I, D, O, M, E, A, N: Xerfît (kurmanji kurdish), GBCGBCV (ewe),



Conclusion: Originating in the N linguistic group; the earliest Demon being Aña (guarani) at 56% along with A* (tigrinya). This is followed by a bandgap from 45%-44%.
Demons return at 43% peaking at 40% declining down to a low at 12%. From there Demons peak again at 8% declining down to 1%.

Èmó (chinese) is a dialect variation of Erl (as in the Erl-king). We can se this here:

Dialect             Development Chain
                          1   2   3   4    5    6   7   8   9
Demon            N - A - E - M - O - D - I - S - T
Irish Family     N - A - E - R - L - O - Y - C - M

Emo being 3-4-5 in the development chain are directly opposite Erl in Irish families dev chain. Its just an oddity. For DC comics fans, the irish family name Lane would be Oane (pronounced Wayne or Owen) suggesting Lois Lane and Bruce Wayne share an ancient familial branch point.

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